Census

[hereford]

I have the 1841 census for my family the Curruthers. The address is Ironside court old physic gardens and the civil parish is Edinburgh Trinity college The occupation of William the father is a comb maker. I have googled this address, and all I can find are articles on Botanical gardens and Trinity church. I'm curious as to the history of this address and did it offer accommodation (which I am assuming it did as the family were living there )and if there are other sites to go on to get a better look at that area around the 1800s onwards Thanks Hereford

[Rosinish]

Can you post a snip of the address please with surrounding text for letter comparison as 'physic' seems odd (at least to me)?

Annie

[Kay99]

This Post Office directory lists the address with the entry from 69 Abbeyhill 
https://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/85565970?mode=transcription

Kay

[hereford]

I have the information from Ancestry. All the names are correct for the census but that is the address in the information supplied Hereford

[hereford]

Hi Kay99 not sure how to read the directory information. Hereford

[Kay99]

Sorry - Scroll down the page.  Hopefully attaching an extract.  My understandin - which might be wrong - is that it was accessed via Abbey Hil

Kay

[Kay99]

A map of about the time which includes part of Abbey Hill north of Holyrood Palace and gardens https://maps.nls.uk/view/74415462#zoom=5&lat=7983&lon=4330&layers=BT

Kay

Added - and a slightly later map https://maps.nls.uk/view/74426700#zoom=8&lat=3672&lon=10849&layers=BT

[hereford]

Hi Kay, 99 That would make sense that it's the entrance. I couldn't understand why they would be living in the gardens . Hereford

[Forfarian]

I have the information from Ancestry. All the names are correct for the census but that is the address in the information supplied Hereford

Have you viewed the original document to check that there are no errors in the transcription?